3/3/2016STScI-2016-073.Hubble Team Breaks Cosmic Distance Record
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is an amazing time machine; by looking back through space, astronomers actually look back through time. Now, by pushing Hubble to its limits, an international... (More)

1/28/2016STScI-2016-044.Monstrous Cloud Boomerangs Back to Our Galaxy
The old adage "what goes up must come down" even applies to an immense cloud of hydrogen gas outside our Milky Way galaxy. First discovered in the 1960s, the comet-shaped... (More)

5/5/2015STScI-2015-227.Astronomers Set a New Galaxy Distance Record
The universe is incredibly big. But how do astronomers know that? Billion-mile-long tape measures can't be found at the hardware store. Instead, astronomers use the expansion... (More)

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12/21/2011STScI-2011-4225.Distant Galaxy Bursts with Stars
One of the most distant galaxies known, called GN-108036, dates back to 750 million years after the Big Bang that created our universe. The galaxy's light took 12.9 billion... (More)

9/9/2009STScI-2009-2537.Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. (More)